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Where to you set the smart host on a SBS 2008 server

I went in to the exchange management console and could find the smart host it is using to send on. Where is it?
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There is no difference between configuring this through EMC or SBS console.
Correct, but the SBS Console is there for ease of use.
And its really really tacky to try steal a question another user has successfully answered which your aware of.

I would never do that, then again people are different.
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This is one of the reasons I don't like links. The link to the TechNet article is for Exchange 2010 and it doesn't tell you where to find the edge connector.

The SBS Console says it is configured but when you click on it the wizard starts and I do not want to change anything.

How does Exchange send email. Is it a smart host and if so when can I find it in EMC?
If you're smart host says configured in the SBS Console then it has been configured with the settings that you've previously entered.

You can double check the Smart Host in the EMC by going to:
Organization Configuration> Hub Transport> Send Connector Tab> double click the 'Windows SBS Internet Send SERVERNAME' connector.
Click the network tab.  

Check to see if the 'route email through the following smart hosts' is selected and check the entry.

You're exchange sever will send all external email via your smart host.
Hey,

Open EMC and through organization configuration -> hug transport -> send connectors it can be set here.

I also think you should be sending and receiving through an external mail provider like mimecast, cryptolocker and regen come in spam, cutting out spam is the biggest security threat in IT right now.

Exchange sends email by sending through whatever mailserver you set it to do so.
Every ISP has a smart host so alot of people who wont invest in an outsourced mail provider like mimecast use this.
It really is not a great solution.

For example call your isp and get the details for the smart host server ip, username and pw.
or get an outsourced mailservice for sending and receiving through.

create a send connector as instructed above with the details of the isp or outsource provider, this will give you the ability to send mail securely over the internet.

M
thanks for the solution mate, have a look at the DNS query article i posted in the solutions i provided under my profile. I think you should heed this advice. Do not send and receive email over the internet directly in todays age.

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